AN ORDINANCE
ADOPTING THE CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MOUNT HOPE, KANSAS,
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN OTHER ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN,
EXCEPTING CERTAIN ORDINANCES FROM REPEAL AND SAVING CERTAIN ACCRUED RIGHTS AND
LIABILITIES.

Be it
Ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Mount Hope, Kansas:

Section 1.Adoption
of the Code of the City of Mount Hope, Kansas.

The
codification of ordinances of the City of Mount Hope, Kansas, prepared by
Citycode, LLC, Wichita, Kansas, as set out in the following chapters, Chapters
I to XVI and Appendices A and B, all inclusive, and entitled the “Code of the
City of Mount Hope, Kansas,” is hereby adopted and ordained as the “Code of the
City of Mount Hope, Kansas.” The Code is authorized by ordinance and was made
in conformity with K.S.A. 12-3014 and 12-3015 and amendments thereto. Said code
shall be duly certified by the City Clerk. One copy of the code shall be filed
in the office of the City Clerk and shall be designated as and shall constitute
the official ordinance book. Three additional copies shall be filed in the
office of the city clerk and shall be designated for use by the public.

Section 2.Repeal
of general ordinances.

All
ordinances and parts of ordinances of a general nature passed prior to March
11, 2013, are hereby repealed as of the date of publication of said code except
as hereinafter provided.

Section 3.Same;
excepting certain ordinances from repeal.

In
construing this ordinance, the following ordinances shall not be considered or
held to be ordinances of a general nature:

(a)Ordinances pertaining to the acquisition of
property or interests in property by gift, purchase, devise, bequest,
appropriation or condemnation;

(d)Ordinances naming or changing the names of streets,
avenues and boulevards;

(e)Ordinances authorizing or directing public
improvements to be made;

(f)Ordinances creating districts for public
improvements of whatsoever kind or nature;

(g)Ordinances levying general taxes;

(h)Ordinances levying special assessments or
taxes;

(i)Ordinances granting any rights, privileges,
easements or franchises therein mentioned to any person, firm or corporation;

(j)Ordinances authorizing the issuance of bonds
and other instruments of indebtedness by the city;

(k)Ordinances authorizing contracts;

(l)Ordinances establishing the limits of the
city or pertaining to annexation or exclusion of territory;

(m)Ordinances relating to compensation of
officials, officers and employees of the city;

(n)All charter ordinances;

(o)Any appropriation ordinance or ordinances
relating to a specific transfer of funds;

(p)Any zoning ordinance or ordinances changing
the zoning classification of any property within the city or amending the city’s
zoning map;

(q)Ordinances of a temporary nature;

(r)Any ordinance which is special, although
permanent in effect;

(s)Any ordinance, the purpose of which has been
accomplished.

Provided,
that the above enumeration of exceptions shall not be held or deemed to be
exclusive, it being the purpose and intention to exempt from repeal any and all
ordinances not of a general nature and general ordinances specifically excepted
by this section. Ordinances which are not of a general nature shall be numbered
consecutively, approved by the governing body, published, and filed with the
city clerk, but such ordinances shall not be prepared for insertion in this
code, nor be deemed a part hereof.

Section 4.Arrangement
of and notations throughout the code.

The
arrangement and classification of the several chapters, articles, and sections
of the code adopted by section 1 of this ordinance and the headnotes and
footnotes at the ends of the sections, are made for the purpose of convenience
and orderly arrangement, and do not constitute a part of the ordinances, and
therefore, no implication or presumption of legislative intent or construction
is to be drawn therefrom.

Section 5.Accrued
rights and liabilities.

The
repeal of ordinances as provided in section 2 hereof, shall not affect any
rights acquired, fines, penalties, forfeitures or liabilities incurred
thereunder, or actions involving any of the provisions of said ordinances or
parts thereof. Said ordinances above repealed are hereby continued in force and
effect after the passage, approval and publication of this ordinance for the
purpose of such rights, fines, penalties, forfeitures, liabilities and actions
therefor.

Section 6.Severability.

If
for any reason any chapter, article, section, subsection, sentence, portion or
part of the “Code of the City of Mount Hope, Kansas,” or the application
thereof to any person or circumstances is declared to be unconstitutional or
invalid, such decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this code.

Section 7.Effective
date.

This
ordinance shall be published in the official city newspaper and shall take
effect and be in force from and after the publication of the “Code of the City
of Mount Hope, Kansas” as provided in K.S.A. 12-3015.

ADOPTED
AND PASSED by the governing
body of the City on March 11, 2013 and APPROVED
AND SIGNED by the Mayor.